Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday urged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to focus on the development of the Niger Delta with the vision that was people-oriented. Okowa made the call when the Interim Administrator of the Commission, Mr Effiong Akwa and his management team visited him at Government House, Asaba. He urged the NDDC to do something that would positively impact the people, saying “for the sake of sustainability, everything we do must be sustainable because I have seen roads done under emergency projects that failed under three months. According to him, NDDC should spend more…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC), Delta State has taken a swipe at Govr. Ifeanyi Okowa’s led government, for what it describes as “chop i chop roads” being executed in some parts of the State. The Party also viewed as unconscionable, the standard of roads being constructed by the State Government. It is disheartening, immoral and criminal of the State Government to award/attached humongous amounts to roads’ projects yet the quality of the roads are far cry from the funds allocated. The Party decried the quality of work on the recently rehabilitated Orhuwhorun road in Udu Local Government Area of the…
By Charles Nwabardi A 72-year-old year man, Mr. Innocent Madumeye of Ogbe-Ego Quarters, Ubulu Uku in Aniocha Local Goverment Area, Delta State has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling a seven year-old girl (name withheld) in the same community. A reliable source revealed to SPADE Online that the mother of the child noticed some unusual behavior from the daughter and became curious to know what exactly happened. On questioning the child, she revealed to the mother that Madumeye used his fingers on her private part. The awful revelation by the little girl reportedly threw the mother off balance…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The immediate past Chairman of Sapele Local Government Area, and flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming Delta State Council Elections, Hon. Eugene Inoaghan has commended the State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Inoaghan gave the commendations while feeding questions from journalists yesterday in Sapele, at the NUJ Platform “A One on One Chat with Local Government Chairmanship Candidates of Political Parties in Delta State”. The renowned local government administrator maintained that the NUJ Platform afforded political party candidates vying for the scheduled March 6 Council Elections the opportunity to unveiled…
LESS than two months to the March 31st, 2021 date for the annual Maris Public Service Lecture, Secretary to Maris Trust Council, Comrade Fidelis Egugbo, has said that the profile of those who will enlighten the public about the topic would be released in series. Egugbo, in a statement he issued in Asaba on Wednesday, stated that based on the ravaging effects of COVID-19 on economies of nations, corporate organisations and individuals, the topic for discussion, “Effective Tax Administration For The Delivery Of Democratic Dividends”, has become even more relevant now than when it was mooted about a year ago.…
By : Akpovoke Otiti ASABA – The Honourable Commissioner for Science and Technology, Engr. Mathew Tsekiri has inspected the Information & Communication Technology ICT innovation hub along Okpanam Road, Asaba, billed for the training of youths in Delta state. Speaking shortly after the inspection, the Commissioner said the centre was part of government’s effort to create job opportunities for youths to be self-reliant and improve the socio-economic development of the State through ICT. According to him, the centre will immediately commence Four Months free training exercise of 630 youths to become employers of labour, “that the wisdom of training our…
At 40, he is the youngest person to chair the Commission. The founding chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, was appointed at the age of 43 in 2003. Before his new appointment, the Kebbi-born operative worked as the Zonal Head of the EFCC in Lagos and Oyo States. Below are 10 things to note about the anti-graft czar. He was born in Jega, Kebbi State, 40 years ago. This makes him the first person to be appointed to the EFCC job from the north west. Bawa is the first career operative to head the EFCC. His appointment puts to rest agitation by “core…
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President said he was acting in accordance with Paragraph 2(3) of Part1, CAP E1 of EFCC Act 2004. Bawa, 40, is a trained EFCC investigator with vast experience in the investigation and prosecution of Advance Fee Fraud cases, official corruption, bank fraud, money laundering, and other economic crimes. He has undergone several specialized trainings in different parts of the world, and was one of the…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA A Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta State, Dr Onoyona Sylvester PhD, has called on its members in the State to tow the line of peace in the ongoing National registration and revalidation exercise. Onoyona made the call yesterday, February 15th, while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on the geniuness and challenges facing the exercise in some States of the country, especially Delta. He noted that it is not unusual in a political process to have differences in opinions, stressing that there has to be a workable method to move the party forward.…
An astute media practitioner in Delta State, Comrade Nelson Agbajor has been appointed as the Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Publicity Campaign Committee in charge of Print/Electronic Media for the forth coming Local Government Election. Until his recent appointment, Nelson Agbajor is the current Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists,NUJ Sapele Correspondents Chapel and a one-time member of the Delta State Council of the NUJ Cartaker Committee, Asaba. He is the publisher/Editori-in – Chief of Nel Xpress Magazine and Inhispresence Live Media Network an online plantform. Nelson Agbajor was a former Correspondent with the popular Sapele…